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  • Title: Projected Cost Savings of a Community Health Worker Model for Asthma Home Visits in the Massachusetts Pediatric Medicaid Population.
    Author: Mahin M, Warner M, Dottin M, Olsen N, Marshall ET.
    Journal: Prev Chronic Dis; 2024 Sep 12; 21():E69. PubMed ID: 39264858.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: The community health worker-led asthma home visiting model (CHW model) improved asthma outcomes and reduced health care costs among Massachusetts children with asthma. We projected cost savings associated with the expansion of the CHW model among pediatric Massachusetts Medicaid (MassHealth)-eligible patients with uncontrolled asthma (≥2 asthma-related emergency department visits per year). METHODS: We estimated 2019 costs associated with asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency department visits for MassHealth pediatric patients with uncontrolled asthma who also had 365 days of Medicaid eligibility in 2019. We based estimated cost savings on previously published results from a study of a comparable patient population. RESULTS: The projected asthma-related cost savings from expansion of the CHW model were $566.58 per patient, or $774,514.86 total, for the 1,367 MassHealth-eligible children with uncontrolled asthma in our analysis. CONCLUSION: Expansion of the CHW model is an effective way to increase asthma services and reduce Medicaid costs for MassHealth patients, a population made up disproportionately of Black and Hispanic residents with low incomes.
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